Jewish Aviators in World War II
Personal Narratives of American Men and Women
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2016
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9995-3 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9995-3 (ISBN)
Based on interviews with more than 100 Jewish air veterans, this oral history features the recollections of pilots, crew members and support personnel in all theatres of combat and all branches of the service, including Jewish women of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The subjects recall their combat experiences, lives as POWs and anti-Semitism in the ranks.
More than 150,000 American Jews served in the air war during World War II. Despite acts of heroism and commendations, they were subject to bigotry and scorn by their fellow servicemen. Jews were sometimes characterized as disloyal and cowardly, malingering in the slanderous (and non-existent) "Jewish Quartermaster Corps" or sitting out the war in easy assignments. Based on interviews with more than 100 Jewish air veterans, this oral history features the recollections of pilots, crew members and support personnel in all theaters of combat and all branches of the service, including Jewish women of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The subjects recall their combat experiences, lives as POWs, and anti-Semitism in the ranks, as well as human interest anecdotes such as encounters with the Tuskegee Airmen.
More than 150,000 American Jews served in the air war during World War II. Despite acts of heroism and commendations, they were subject to bigotry and scorn by their fellow servicemen. Jews were sometimes characterized as disloyal and cowardly, malingering in the slanderous (and non-existent) "Jewish Quartermaster Corps" or sitting out the war in easy assignments. Based on interviews with more than 100 Jewish air veterans, this oral history features the recollections of pilots, crew members and support personnel in all theaters of combat and all branches of the service, including Jewish women of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The subjects recall their combat experiences, lives as POWs, and anti-Semitism in the ranks, as well as human interest anecdotes such as encounters with the Tuskegee Airmen.
Bruce H. Wolk is a fiction and nonfiction writer living in Denver, Colorado.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Sheldon A. Goldberg
Preface
1. Where We Came From
2. The War Within
3. The Stars on My Wings—Europe
4. The Stars on My Wings—the Pacific and CBI
5. “H” Stands for Hebrew
6. My Brother’s Keeper
7. The Return
Epilogue
Appendix I: Roster of Interviewees
Appendix II: An Interview with Philip L. Elbaum, LCSW
Appendix III: The Fate of Downed Allied Airmen in Germany in World War II
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 02.04.2016 |
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Zusatzinfo | 37 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 318 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7864-9995-8 / 0786499958 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-9995-3 / 9780786499953 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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